Stay updated with my travels on Instagram! @drewbinsky
Are you ready to get your mind blown?
Let me introduce you to a legal, yet highly addictive, drug called BETEL NUT. I've seen it being widely consumed all around the Southern parts of Asia and the Pacific islands (where it naturally grows)... but here in Papua New Guinea, they take betel nut to another level. And they chew it differently than anyone else (with a mustard seed + lime + dried seashells).
More than half the population of PNG chew betel nut daily, or "buai" as they call it in the local language." Over the last 3 days as I've been around the country, I've seen everyone from little kids (under 10) to grandparents in their 90s spitting this red stuff out of their mouths. Betel nut is an unstoppable epidemic.
This video will educate you a little bit about betel nut -- what it is, how it's used, what it does to your health, how the epidemic is effecting the local economy, and if you watch until the end, you'll see my reactions as I try it for the first time.
Have you ever tried betel nut before? Or seen people chewing it? What are your thoughts on the drug?
Music: EpidemicSound
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published:15 May 2018

views:3657421

I went To Gaborone, BotswanaAfricaThis Summer and This is A Preview of My 2 month Experience ! Of coarse I couldn't put every picture I took in the video but I think I did a good job of creating the atmosphere of what my experience was like !! This video does not include all the wonderful people I met over there but they defiantly contributed to making my experience once in a life time as well as contributing to the huge smile i kept on my face! Thank you !

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See in Okavango Delta, Botswana
====================
The Okavango Delta is one of the world's great inland waterways. The meandering Okavango River is breathtaking, seen either by boat, airplane or mokoro. The main choices are to go on safari in Moremi Game Reserve or stay at one or two of the many lodges. The animals, as outlined below, the birding, flora and fauna are spectacular. There are some amazing lodges like OddballsCampMedia:www.okavangodelta.info, and Delta Camp. A trip called the TransOkavango takes you from the top of the Okavango Delta to Maun.
Tsodilo Hills a 10 sq km area UNESCO World Heritage Site [6] due to its 4500 rock paintings. It's about a 40 km drive along a good grade dirt road from Shakawe.
Do in Okavango Delta, Botswana
==================
Go. It's amazing. Fabulous. One the most magical places in the entire world. The budget minded can take the bus from Maun to Sepopa. There is now a river taxi that travels daily from Sepopa to Seronga and coordinates with the buses. If your timing is off stay at SwampStop overnight. In Seronga you can stay at the Polers Trust and enjoy the mekoro trips.
Much of the area is divided into large concessions run by various safari groups. Development is strictly regulated so that there is little development and lots of wildlife. It is expensive, but worth it to stay in some of these permanent tented campsites. The guides are knowledgeable, and the accommodations very comfortable. Wilderness Safaris runs many great camps. They are all inclusive: two wildlife rides a day, all meals, snacks and drinks are included in the price.
The University of Botswana's Harry Oppenheimer Okavango ResearchCentre HOORC was established in 1994 in response to the need to understand the natural and human processes that shape the Delta, which became a Ramsar Wetland of InternationalSignificance in December 1996. HOORC's multidisciplinary research teams provide the science to support the work of local, national and regional planning bodies such as Botswana's Okavango Delta ManagementPlan and OKACOM the Okavango River BasinWater Commmission. Flow the HOORC Library weblog, reports research and news relevant to the Delta.
Okavango Delta
==============
This delta in north-west Botswana comprises permanent marshlands and seasonally flooded plains. It is one of the very few major interior delta systems that do not flow into a sea or ocean, with a wetland system that is almost intact. One of the unique characteristics of the site is that the annual flooding from the River Okavango occurs during the dry season, with the result that the native plants and animals have synchronized their biological cycles with these seasonal rains and floods. It is an exceptional example of the interaction between climatic, hydrological and biological processes. The Okavango Delta is home to some of the world’s most endangered species of large mammal, such as the cheetah, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, African wild dog and lion.

published:14 Apr 2016

views:65137

Botswana, buried in the heart of Southern Africa, is a success story that could be a model for the rest of the continent—and the rest of the developing world. | http://dailysign.al/1yzuZAJ

Botswana

Botswana/bɒtˈswɑːnə/, officially the Republic of Botswana (Tswana:Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens refer to themselves as Batswana (singular: Motswana). Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966. Since then, it has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections.

Botswana is topographically flat, with up to 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. Its border with Zambia to the north near Kazungula is poorly defined but at most is a few hundred metres long.

A mid-sized country of just over 2 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated nations in the world. Around 10 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the poorest countries in the world—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—Botswana has since transformed itself into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, now boasting a GDP (purchasing power parity) per capita of about $18,825 per year as of 2015, which is one of the highest in Africa. Its high gross national income (by some estimates the fourth-largest in Africa) gives the country a modest standard of living and the highest Human Development Index of continental Sub-Saharan Africa.

The World's Most Addictive Drug? (Betel Nut)

Stay updated with my travels on Instagram! @drewbinsky
Are you ready to get your mind blown?
Let me introduce you to a legal, yet highly addictive, drug called BETEL NUT. I've seen it being widely consumed all around the Southern parts of Asia and the Pacific islands (where it naturally grows)... but here in Papua New Guinea, they take betel nut to another level. And they chew it differently than anyone else (with a mustard seed + lime + dried seashells).
More than half the population of PNG chew betel nut daily, or "buai" as they call it in the local language." Over the last 3 days as I've been around the country, I've seen everyone from little kids (under 10) to grandparents in their 90s spitting this red stuff out of their mouths. Betel nut is an unstoppable epidemic.
This video will educate you a little bit about betel nut -- what it is, how it's used, what it does to your health, how the epidemic is effecting the local economy, and if you watch until the end, you'll see my reactions as I try it for the first time.
Have you ever tried betel nut before? Or seen people chewing it? What are your thoughts on the drug?
Music: EpidemicSound
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15:25

Botswana-Experience of A Life Time

Botswana-Experience of A Life Time

Botswana-Experience of A Life Time

I went To Gaborone, BotswanaAfricaThis Summer and This is A Preview of My 2 month Experience ! Of coarse I couldn't put every picture I took in the video but I think I did a good job of creating the atmosphere of what my experience was like !! This video does not include all the wonderful people I met over there but they defiantly contributed to making my experience once in a life time as well as contributing to the huge smile i kept on my face! Thank you !

Okavango Delta, Botswana Safari (HD 1080p)

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See in Okavango Delta, Botswana
====================
The Okavango Delta is one of the world's great inland waterways. The meandering Okavango River is breathtaking, seen either by boat, airplane or mokoro. The main choices are to go on safari in Moremi Game Reserve or stay at one or two of the many lodges. The animals, as outlined below, the birding, flora and fauna are spectacular. There are some amazing lodges like OddballsCampMedia:www.okavangodelta.info, and Delta Camp. A trip called the TransOkavango takes you from the top of the Okavango Delta to Maun.
Tsodilo Hills a 10 sq km area UNESCO World Heritage Site [6] due to its 4500 rock paintings. It's about a 40 km drive along a good grade dirt road from Shakawe.
Do in Okavango Delta, Botswana
==================
Go. It's amazing. Fabulous. One the most magical places in the entire world. The budget minded can take the bus from Maun to Sepopa. There is now a river taxi that travels daily from Sepopa to Seronga and coordinates with the buses. If your timing is off stay at SwampStop overnight. In Seronga you can stay at the Polers Trust and enjoy the mekoro trips.
Much of the area is divided into large concessions run by various safari groups. Development is strictly regulated so that there is little development and lots of wildlife. It is expensive, but worth it to stay in some of these permanent tented campsites. The guides are knowledgeable, and the accommodations very comfortable. Wilderness Safaris runs many great camps. They are all inclusive: two wildlife rides a day, all meals, snacks and drinks are included in the price.
The University of Botswana's Harry Oppenheimer Okavango ResearchCentre HOORC was established in 1994 in response to the need to understand the natural and human processes that shape the Delta, which became a Ramsar Wetland of InternationalSignificance in December 1996. HOORC's multidisciplinary research teams provide the science to support the work of local, national and regional planning bodies such as Botswana's Okavango Delta ManagementPlan and OKACOM the Okavango River BasinWater Commmission. Flow the HOORC Library weblog, reports research and news relevant to the Delta.
Okavango Delta
==============
This delta in north-west Botswana comprises permanent marshlands and seasonally flooded plains. It is one of the very few major interior delta systems that do not flow into a sea or ocean, with a wetland system that is almost intact. One of the unique characteristics of the site is that the annual flooding from the River Okavango occurs during the dry season, with the result that the native plants and animals have synchronized their biological cycles with these seasonal rains and floods. It is an exceptional example of the interaction between climatic, hydrological and biological processes. The Okavango Delta is home to some of the world’s most endangered species of large mammal, such as the cheetah, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, African wild dog and lion.

2:10

Economic Freedom: How Botswana Turned Things Around

Economic Freedom: How Botswana Turned Things Around

Economic Freedom: How Botswana Turned Things Around

Botswana, buried in the heart of Southern Africa, is a success story that could be a model for the rest of the continent—and the rest of the developing world. | http://dailysign.al/1yzuZAJ

The World's Most Addictive Drug? (Betel Nut)

Stay updated with my travels on Instagram! @drewbinsky
Are you ready to get your mind blown?
Let me introduce you to a legal, yet highly addictive, drug called BETEL NUT. I've seen it being widely consumed all around the Southern parts of Asia and the Pacific islands (where it naturally grows)... but here in Papua New Guinea, they take betel nut to another level. And they chew it differently than anyone else (with a mustard seed + lime + dried seashells).
More than half the population of PNG chew betel nut daily, or "buai" as they call it in the local language." Over the last 3 days as I've been around the country, I've seen everyone from little kids (under 10) to grandparents in their 90s spitting this red stuff out of their mouths. Betel nut is an unstoppable epidemic.
This video...

published: 15 May 2018

Botswana-Experience of A Life Time

I went To Gaborone, BotswanaAfricaThis Summer and This is A Preview of My 2 month Experience ! Of coarse I couldn't put every picture I took in the video but I think I did a good job of creating the atmosphere of what my experience was like !! This video does not include all the wonderful people I met over there but they defiantly contributed to making my experience once in a life time as well as contributing to the huge smile i kept on my face! Thank you !

The World's Most Addictive Drug? (Betel Nut)

Stay updated with my travels on Instagram! @drewbinsky
Are you ready to get your mind blown?
Let me introduce you to a legal, yet highly addictive, drug cal...

Stay updated with my travels on Instagram! @drewbinsky
Are you ready to get your mind blown?
Let me introduce you to a legal, yet highly addictive, drug called BETEL NUT. I've seen it being widely consumed all around the Southern parts of Asia and the Pacific islands (where it naturally grows)... but here in Papua New Guinea, they take betel nut to another level. And they chew it differently than anyone else (with a mustard seed + lime + dried seashells).
More than half the population of PNG chew betel nut daily, or "buai" as they call it in the local language." Over the last 3 days as I've been around the country, I've seen everyone from little kids (under 10) to grandparents in their 90s spitting this red stuff out of their mouths. Betel nut is an unstoppable epidemic.
This video will educate you a little bit about betel nut -- what it is, how it's used, what it does to your health, how the epidemic is effecting the local economy, and if you watch until the end, you'll see my reactions as I try it for the first time.
Have you ever tried betel nut before? Or seen people chewing it? What are your thoughts on the drug?
Music: EpidemicSound
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drew (at) drewbinsky (dot) com

Stay updated with my travels on Instagram! @drewbinsky
Are you ready to get your mind blown?
Let me introduce you to a legal, yet highly addictive, drug called BETEL NUT. I've seen it being widely consumed all around the Southern parts of Asia and the Pacific islands (where it naturally grows)... but here in Papua New Guinea, they take betel nut to another level. And they chew it differently than anyone else (with a mustard seed + lime + dried seashells).
More than half the population of PNG chew betel nut daily, or "buai" as they call it in the local language." Over the last 3 days as I've been around the country, I've seen everyone from little kids (under 10) to grandparents in their 90s spitting this red stuff out of their mouths. Betel nut is an unstoppable epidemic.
This video will educate you a little bit about betel nut -- what it is, how it's used, what it does to your health, how the epidemic is effecting the local economy, and if you watch until the end, you'll see my reactions as I try it for the first time.
Have you ever tried betel nut before? Or seen people chewing it? What are your thoughts on the drug?
Music: EpidemicSound
► Subscribe for more travel videos: http://bit.ly/2hyQnZ1
► Are you on Instagram? Join me @drewbinsky!
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I went To Gaborone, BotswanaAfricaThis Summer and This is A Preview of My 2 month Experience ! Of coarse I couldn't put every picture I took in the video but I think I did a good job of creating the atmosphere of what my experience was like !! This video does not include all the wonderful people I met over there but they defiantly contributed to making my experience once in a life time as well as contributing to the huge smile i kept on my face! Thank you !

I went To Gaborone, BotswanaAfricaThis Summer and This is A Preview of My 2 month Experience ! Of coarse I couldn't put every picture I took in the video but I think I did a good job of creating the atmosphere of what my experience was like !! This video does not include all the wonderful people I met over there but they defiantly contributed to making my experience once in a life time as well as contributing to the huge smile i kept on my face! Thank you !

Okavango Delta, BotswanaSafari - Okavango Delta Safaris - Okavango Delta tours
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See in Okavango Delta, Botswana
====================
The Okavango Delta is one of the world's great inland waterways. The meandering Okavango River is breathtaking, seen either by boat, airplane or mokoro. The main choices are to go on safari in Moremi Game Reserve or stay at one or two of the many lodges. The animals, as outlined below, the birding, flora and fauna are spectacular. There are some amazing lodges like OddballsCampMedia:www.okavangodelta.info, and Delta Camp. A trip called the TransOkavango takes you from the top of the Okavango Delta to Maun.
Tsodilo Hills a 10 sq km area UNESCO World Heritage Site [6] due to its 4500 rock paintings. It's about a 40 km drive along a good grade dirt road from Shakawe.
Do in Okavango Delta, Botswana
==================
Go. It's amazing. Fabulous. One the most magical places in the entire world. The budget minded can take the bus from Maun to Sepopa. There is now a river taxi that travels daily from Sepopa to Seronga and coordinates with the buses. If your timing is off stay at SwampStop overnight. In Seronga you can stay at the Polers Trust and enjoy the mekoro trips.
Much of the area is divided into large concessions run by various safari groups. Development is strictly regulated so that there is little development and lots of wildlife. It is expensive, but worth it to stay in some of these permanent tented campsites. The guides are knowledgeable, and the accommodations very comfortable. Wilderness Safaris runs many great camps. They are all inclusive: two wildlife rides a day, all meals, snacks and drinks are included in the price.
The University of Botswana's Harry Oppenheimer Okavango ResearchCentre HOORC was established in 1994 in response to the need to understand the natural and human processes that shape the Delta, which became a Ramsar Wetland of InternationalSignificance in December 1996. HOORC's multidisciplinary research teams provide the science to support the work of local, national and regional planning bodies such as Botswana's Okavango Delta ManagementPlan and OKACOM the Okavango River BasinWater Commmission. Flow the HOORC Library weblog, reports research and news relevant to the Delta.
Okavango Delta
==============
This delta in north-west Botswana comprises permanent marshlands and seasonally flooded plains. It is one of the very few major interior delta systems that do not flow into a sea or ocean, with a wetland system that is almost intact. One of the unique characteristics of the site is that the annual flooding from the River Okavango occurs during the dry season, with the result that the native plants and animals have synchronized their biological cycles with these seasonal rains and floods. It is an exceptional example of the interaction between climatic, hydrological and biological processes. The Okavango Delta is home to some of the world’s most endangered species of large mammal, such as the cheetah, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, African wild dog and lion.

Okavango Delta, BotswanaSafari - Okavango Delta Safaris - Okavango Delta tours
Travel Videos HD, World TravelGuidehttp://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=World1Tube
See in Okavango Delta, Botswana
====================
The Okavango Delta is one of the world's great inland waterways. The meandering Okavango River is breathtaking, seen either by boat, airplane or mokoro. The main choices are to go on safari in Moremi Game Reserve or stay at one or two of the many lodges. The animals, as outlined below, the birding, flora and fauna are spectacular. There are some amazing lodges like OddballsCampMedia:www.okavangodelta.info, and Delta Camp. A trip called the TransOkavango takes you from the top of the Okavango Delta to Maun.
Tsodilo Hills a 10 sq km area UNESCO World Heritage Site [6] due to its 4500 rock paintings. It's about a 40 km drive along a good grade dirt road from Shakawe.
Do in Okavango Delta, Botswana
==================
Go. It's amazing. Fabulous. One the most magical places in the entire world. The budget minded can take the bus from Maun to Sepopa. There is now a river taxi that travels daily from Sepopa to Seronga and coordinates with the buses. If your timing is off stay at SwampStop overnight. In Seronga you can stay at the Polers Trust and enjoy the mekoro trips.
Much of the area is divided into large concessions run by various safari groups. Development is strictly regulated so that there is little development and lots of wildlife. It is expensive, but worth it to stay in some of these permanent tented campsites. The guides are knowledgeable, and the accommodations very comfortable. Wilderness Safaris runs many great camps. They are all inclusive: two wildlife rides a day, all meals, snacks and drinks are included in the price.
The University of Botswana's Harry Oppenheimer Okavango ResearchCentre HOORC was established in 1994 in response to the need to understand the natural and human processes that shape the Delta, which became a Ramsar Wetland of InternationalSignificance in December 1996. HOORC's multidisciplinary research teams provide the science to support the work of local, national and regional planning bodies such as Botswana's Okavango Delta ManagementPlan and OKACOM the Okavango River BasinWater Commmission. Flow the HOORC Library weblog, reports research and news relevant to the Delta.
Okavango Delta
==============
This delta in north-west Botswana comprises permanent marshlands and seasonally flooded plains. It is one of the very few major interior delta systems that do not flow into a sea or ocean, with a wetland system that is almost intact. One of the unique characteristics of the site is that the annual flooding from the River Okavango occurs during the dry season, with the result that the native plants and animals have synchronized their biological cycles with these seasonal rains and floods. It is an exceptional example of the interaction between climatic, hydrological and biological processes. The Okavango Delta is home to some of the world’s most endangered species of large mammal, such as the cheetah, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, African wild dog and lion.

The World's Most Addictive Drug? (Betel Nut)

Stay updated with my travels on Instagram! @drewbinsky
Are you ready to get your mind blown?
Let me introduce you to a legal, yet highly addictive, drug called BETEL NUT. I've seen it being widely consumed all around the Southern parts of Asia and the Pacific islands (where it naturally grows)... but here in Papua New Guinea, they take betel nut to another level. And they chew it differently than anyone else (with a mustard seed + lime + dried seashells).
More than half the population of PNG chew betel nut daily, or "buai" as they call it in the local language." Over the last 3 days as I've been around the country, I've seen everyone from little kids (under 10) to grandparents in their 90s spitting this red stuff out of their mouths. Betel nut is an unstoppable epidemic.
This video will educate you a little bit about betel nut -- what it is, how it's used, what it does to your health, how the epidemic is effecting the local economy, and if you watch until the end, you'll see my reactions as I try it for the first time.
Have you ever tried betel nut before? Or seen people chewing it? What are your thoughts on the drug?
Music: EpidemicSound
► Subscribe for more travel videos: http://bit.ly/2hyQnZ1
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drew (at) drewbinsky (dot) com

Botswana-Experience of A Life Time

I went To Gaborone, BotswanaAfricaThis Summer and This is A Preview of My 2 month Experience ! Of coarse I couldn't put every picture I took in the video but I think I did a good job of creating the atmosphere of what my experience was like !! This video does not include all the wonderful people I met over there but they defiantly contributed to making my experience once in a life time as well as contributing to the huge smile i kept on my face! Thank you !

Okavango Delta, Botswana Safari (HD 1080p)

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See in Okavango Delta, Botswana
====================
The Okavango Delta is one of the world's great inland waterways. The meandering Okavango River is breathtaking, seen either by boat, airplane or mokoro. The main choices are to go on safari in Moremi Game Reserve or stay at one or two of the many lodges. The animals, as outlined below, the birding, flora and fauna are spectacular. There are some amazing lodges like OddballsCampMedia:www.okavangodelta.info, and Delta Camp. A trip called the TransOkavango takes you from the top of the Okavango Delta to Maun.
Tsodilo Hills a 10 sq km area UNESCO World Heritage Site [6] due to its 4500 rock paintings. It's about a 40 km drive along a good grade dirt road from Shakawe.
Do in Okavango Delta, Botswana
==================
Go. It's amazing. Fabulous. One the most magical places in the entire world. The budget minded can take the bus from Maun to Sepopa. There is now a river taxi that travels daily from Sepopa to Seronga and coordinates with the buses. If your timing is off stay at SwampStop overnight. In Seronga you can stay at the Polers Trust and enjoy the mekoro trips.
Much of the area is divided into large concessions run by various safari groups. Development is strictly regulated so that there is little development and lots of wildlife. It is expensive, but worth it to stay in some of these permanent tented campsites. The guides are knowledgeable, and the accommodations very comfortable. Wilderness Safaris runs many great camps. They are all inclusive: two wildlife rides a day, all meals, snacks and drinks are included in the price.
The University of Botswana's Harry Oppenheimer Okavango ResearchCentre HOORC was established in 1994 in response to the need to understand the natural and human processes that shape the Delta, which became a Ramsar Wetland of InternationalSignificance in December 1996. HOORC's multidisciplinary research teams provide the science to support the work of local, national and regional planning bodies such as Botswana's Okavango Delta ManagementPlan and OKACOM the Okavango River BasinWater Commmission. Flow the HOORC Library weblog, reports research and news relevant to the Delta.
Okavango Delta
==============
This delta in north-west Botswana comprises permanent marshlands and seasonally flooded plains. It is one of the very few major interior delta systems that do not flow into a sea or ocean, with a wetland system that is almost intact. One of the unique characteristics of the site is that the annual flooding from the River Okavango occurs during the dry season, with the result that the native plants and animals have synchronized their biological cycles with these seasonal rains and floods. It is an exceptional example of the interaction between climatic, hydrological and biological processes. The Okavango Delta is home to some of the world’s most endangered species of large mammal, such as the cheetah, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, African wild dog and lion.

Thune Dam (Botswana, Southern Africa)

Botswana

Botswana/bɒtˈswɑːnə/, officially the Republic of Botswana (Tswana:Lefatshe la Botswana), is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens refer to themselves as Batswana (singular: Motswana). Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966. Since then, it has maintained a strong tradition of stable representative democracy, with a consistent record of uninterrupted democratic elections.

Botswana is topographically flat, with up to 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, and Zimbabwe to the northeast. Its border with Zambia to the north near Kazungula is poorly defined but at most is a few hundred metres long.

A mid-sized country of just over 2 million people, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated nations in the world. Around 10 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city, Gaborone. Formerly one of the poorest countries in the world—with a GDP per capita of about US$70 per year in the late 1960s—Botswana has since transformed itself into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, now boasting a GDP (purchasing power parity) per capita of about $18,825 per year as of 2015, which is one of the highest in Africa. Its high gross national income (by some estimates the fourth-largest in Africa) gives the country a modest standard of living and the highest Human Development Index of continental Sub-Saharan Africa.

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